A new era of cyber threats has emerged in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, one marked by the rise of the enterprising adversary — a term introduced in the CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report. This modern class of threat actor operates with business-like discipline, executing attacks with strategic precision, scalable infrastructure, and a […]
The 2024 edition of the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report arrives at a pivotal moment for our global community of protectors. The speed and ferocity of cyberattacks continue to accelerate as adversaries compress the time between initial entry, lateral movement and breach. At the same time, the rise of generative AI has the potential to lower
For yet another year, OverWatch disrupted a record number of interactive intrusion attempts by identifying malicious activity early and stopping adversaries in their tracks. This report shares insights from OverWatch’s around-the-clock threat hunting from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. This year’s report starts with a close look at OverWatch’s extensive dataset covering observed
As 2021 began, the world faced the possibility that we have not entirely put the unprecedented challenges of 2020 behind us. Healthcare sector entities continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic that, beyond the tragic human toll of the disease, fueled numerous incidents of malicious cyber activity. The ransomware adversaries that proliferated in 2020 are as
FOREWORD Welcome to the latest edition of the CrowdStrike® Services Cyber Front Lines Report! In the year since our last report was published, a pandemic has changed not only cybersecurity practices globally, but also our jobs as defenders in the digital space. Our jobs as defenders are more complicated, require more advanced skills and are
Falcon OverWatchTM is the CrowdStrike® managed threat hunting service built on the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. OverWatch provides deep and continuous human analysis on a 24/7 basis to relentlessly hunt for anomalous or novel attacker tradecraft designed to evade other detection techniques. OverWatch comprises an elite team of cross-disciplinary specialists that harness the massive power of
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INTRODUCTION The first half of 2020 brought unprecedented disruption, change and the need for adaptation to businesses and organizations across the world. While leaders have moved to identify and confront a slew of challenges, cybersecurity adversaries have acted just as quickly to take advantage of uncertainty and changing dynamics. Sharing knowledge, experiences and insights has
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Approach and methodology Sample and data collection Online survey The CrowdStrike APJ survey was conducted between May 26 and June 7, 2020. The total sample size is 2,017, which gives a confidence level of ± 2.1% at the 95% confidence level. Research participants came from a permission-based, online panel. All participants work in organizations of
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A year in cybersecurity is often marked by how disruptive the activity observed was — not just from a destructive standpoint, but also from the perspective of whether day-to-day life was affected. By any such measure, 2019 was an active year. From U.S. school districts to asset management firms, from manufacturing to media, ransomware attacks
The CrowdStrike Services Cyber Front Lines Report provides takeaways from incident response (IR) cases spanning 2019 and shares insights for 2020 and beyond. The report identifies new attack methods and challenges, while offering recommendations for organizations looking to improve overall breach preparedness, detection and response capabilities.
